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From the diary of a beloved friend….

“I keep wondering…is a double click enough to make you fall in love? Make a new friendship or make you lose your faith in people? It may sound absurd but hundreds of people daily smile, cry, get angry, hurt or even love someone just pressing a button on their clipboard…the only things that are needed are the sender, the recipient and a simple message, not saying necessarily much…just ”hello, i love the way you look…i would like to know you better”.“A simple phrase that each one of us could listen even walking down the street…but what happens when these words are said hidden under the mask of anonymity? Could they be real and cause pure and true feelings?

I’m not writing to condemn any situation or any behaviour, especially when I’ve tried it myself. I’ve been trapped too but it’s difficult to say whether it was worth it or not…some people yes and some others have been just a waste of time…a very big waste of time and energy…the important thing is that I learned a lot through all this…I got disappointed but I gained really good friends as well…and I feel really lucky to have distinguished early the truth behind the beautiful face and the compliments.

 I don’t know what makes people search love in this way, maybe it’s the isolation, the desperate need to believe in something or the fact that we’re too insecure to come face to face with love. I’ve heard of some people that found their other half in a chat room…it could happen…but are these people the exceptions or the big majority? Should this new way of getting closer to each other make us worry or we should just accept it and move on? Too many questions some of which will never be answered but I’m sure that most of us already know the answer but we don’t admit it not even to ourselves.

The only thing I wish for is that the “back”, “stop” and  “forward” buttons on the toolbar could work in real life too.”

Thanks Th.